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If you have specific feedback on the FSIS Web site or technical issues with the Web site, contact the Public Affairs and Consumer Education staff at fsis.webmaster@usda.gov

For questions on a specific program or topic (regulations, educational campaigns, etc.), use the appropriate address from this expanded list of Electronic Mailboxes Available.

Phone

Business & Industry:
Policy Development Staff
Phone: (402) 344-5000
Fax: (402) 344-5005
Hotline: 1-800-233-3935 (6 a.m.-5 p.m. CT)
You may also use askFSIS to ask inspection/policy questions.

Small and Very Small Plants:
Small Plant Help Desk: 1-877-FSIS-HELP (1-877-374-7435)
InfoSource@fsis@usda.gov

Consumers & Food Safety Educators:
USDA Meat & Poultry Hotline
1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854) (Staffed 10 a.m.-4 p.m. ET Monday-Friday; Recorded messages 24/7)
MPHotline.fsis@usda.gov | AskKaren.gov

Media, Congressional, Constituent Group Inquiries:
(202) 720-9113

Center for Learning (To register for workshops/webinars):
1-800-336-3747

FSIS Human Resources Office: 1-800-370-3747
(Request a job announcement, employment verification, etc.)

Postal Mail

Headquarters:
Food Safety and Inspection Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
1400 Independence Ave., S.W.
Washington, DC 20250-3700

FSIS Human Resources Office
Butler Square West 4th Floor
100 North Sixth Street
Minneapolis, MN 55403-1564

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